Monday's walk was located at Point Holmes. We like this route for the rural subdivisions and a return along the coastal trail.
Activity Group News
Today proved a good choice for a bird outing with sunny skies and light breezes.
On a sunny Monday, the Hour Ramblers headed to Courtenay's Crown Isle Golf Resort for their walk.
Today's Seal Bay walk started at the Barbara Greenway, off Willis Way.
The first outing of the new Season for our Birding Group was held on August 29th at the Courtenay Airpark.
Our Photo Group held our monthly meeting to enjoy sharing our pictures and each other's company. The theme for this month was "Minimalism". While this photo topic proved to be challenging for all of us, it did result in some excellent submissions from all of the members. Our theme for September will be "People". The interpretation of this is wide open. I think we will be treated to very innovative and creative pictures. Members at the meeting were: Katie Hubberstey, Lorne Meyer, Bob Ell, Mike Oakley, Dianna. Colnett, Michael Krugal, Ian Guthrie, Ian Thompson, Peter Kendal and Bill Jorgensen
Another pleasant walk today as the Ramblers headed to the Nymph Falls area.
Another enjoyable forested walk for the Hour Ramblers as we headed to Seal Bay Park to check out Melda's Marsh loop from the Bates Rd. parking lot.
Miracle Beach proved to be a lovely setting for our Monday walk.
The Hour Ramblers B.C. Day walk took us on a loop on the east side of the Puntledge River, starting at the Comox Valley Water Treatment Plant off Lake Trail Rd. It was a beautiful day for a walk over the recently (2025) upgraded trail system.
Our Photo Group had the July meeting to share our photos from the past month. Our theme was "Things that have seen better days". We enjoyed a wide variety of submissions, which in some way demonstrated the theme. The group decide to make the theme for August "Minimalism". Photographers at the meeting were: Patti Spearmen, Mike Oakley, Lorne Meyer, Robin Harrison, Dianna Colnett, Ian Guthrie, Michael Krugal, Katie Hubberstey, Bob Ell, Ian Thompson, Peter Kendal and Bill Jorgensen
Despite the threat of precipitation and winds, the Hour Ramblers got out on their Monday morning walk. No rain, other than a few misty drops, and the wind was only a factor while we were checking on the beach off Curtis Road.
Monday found our group at Seal Bay Park, where we walked the Seal and Coupland trails from the Bates Rd parking lot. Lovely day for it!
Monday found our group in Comox, where we started our walk from Benino's cafe.
Our group spent the day at 3 different photo locations. Our first stop was at the Campbell River Maritime Museum where most of us went. Those who were not interested, did a photo walk along the waterfront. After our waterfront picnic lunch we paid a visit to the Campbell River Aquarium. We finished our photography by stopping at Mars on the way home. We followed this up with a debrief while enjoying some treats. Members in attendance were: Lorne Meyer, Katie Hubberstey, Mike Oakley, Bill Jorgensen, Dianna Colnett, Ian Guthrie, and Patti Spearman.
For this Monday's walk, the Hour Ramblers drove up to the Paradise Meadows trailhead on Mount Washington.
Today's outing took us down Brooklyn Creek from Noel Ave to Mack Laing Park.
Our Photo Group met for our June monthly photo sharing meeting on the 24th. Our topic for the month was Landscapes. We got to see some great submissions from the group including scenic landscapes as well as an assortment of other photos. The theme for July will be "Things that have seen Better Days". Members at the meeting were: Lorne Meyer, Katie Hubberstey, Ian Guthrie, Diana Colnett, Ian Thompson, Peter Kendal Patti Spearman, and Bill Jorgensen
Our morning walk took us along the One Spot trail northwards from Tsolum Spirit Park northwards to Headquarters Rd. We then turned left on Headquarters until reaching a foot path which led us southwards through the woods to Farnham Rd where we turned left once more to reach the One Spot trail where it crossed Fitzgerald. From here, we retraced our One Spot route back to the Park.
Today's walk led us along the Oyster River Nature Park trail and then northwards along the shoreline from the river mouth. After a half-hour, we reversed our direction to return to the vehicles.
It was a stellar day for our bird outing at Mack Laing Park. The weather was sunny and pleasantly warm...and the first bird sighted was a Barred Owl!
Our photo group spent an excellent morning at Anderton Gardens doing Flower and Insect photography. The weather was very cooperative and the photo opportunities provided lots of different choices. We enjoyed a picnic lunch amongst the flowers and Bees. Our group included Katie Hubberstey, Pattie Spearman, Ian Guthrie, Dianna Colnett, Lorne Meyer and Bill Jorgensen.
Once again, we changed our walking venue from a forest walk to one around the streets and parks of Comox due to a weather forecast of inclement weather.
There was a slow start to our bird count during our outing at Courtenay Airpark but birds began appearing at a faster rate as we progressed around the path.
Today, the Ramblers headed to the Nymph Falls Park for their afternoon Walk and found the shady woods very pleasant on a fairly hot day.
Sunday May 31st was a lovely day for a bird outing and in the morning, we had a good turnout of birders at the southern end of Royston’s Marine Drive.
The Photo Group held our monthly meeting to review our photos and plan for future outing and next month's theme. The theme for May was "Abstract". This challenging topic was met with some very innovative submissions from the members. The Theme for June will be Landscape. Members present at the meeting were: Katie Hubberstey, Bill Jorgensen, Pattie Spearman, Peter Kendell, Michael Krugal, Bob Ell, Mike Oakley, Diana Colnett, Ian Guthrie and Lorne Meyer.
Our Photo Group had a double site field trip to Coombs. In the morning we visited Butterfly World to try and capture their fantastic butterflies with our cameras. In the afternoon we paid a visit to the Little Qualicum River Falls. The Falls still had lots of water flowing through which made for great pictures. In between we had lunch at Cuckoo - Italian Trattoria & Pizza. Photographers on our trip included Katie Hubberstey, Bill Jorgensen, Bob Ell, Mike Oakley, Peter Kendell, Michael Krugal, Lorne Meyer and Patti Spearman
Strong winds and periodic showers caused the day's walk location to be moved to Comox from the scheduled East Puntledge area. A forested trail system is just not appropriate under such windy conditions.
On a very pleasant Thursday morning, a group of our Birders walked the length of what we term the Gate 88 trail to see what birds would show up.
Our Monday walk was comprised of a one-hour loop in Seal Bay Park, starting at the Elmo-Mitchell Road intersection.
The Hour Ramblers got a taste of summer as they made their loop through trails and neighbourhood streets, starting and ending at Quality Foods Comox.
We parked at Jumbo’s Cabin by the Coal Creek Historic Park today, to check out the bird life around the marsh ponds and along the trail system that connected them.
The Photo Group held our monthly image review meeting on April 29, 2026. The theme was "Signs of Spring". We had 6 members who were able to make it to the meeting. Nine members submitted images for review. We had an excellent showing of the members work. The upcoming theme for May is "Abstract".
Members in attendance included Katie Hubberstey, Bill Jorgensen, Peter Kendal, Ian Thompson, Mike Oakley and Michael Krugal.
The Hour Rambler intended walk today was a loop that included parts of Nymph Fall's Bear Bait and River Trails.
April 24 found some of our Birders at Sandwick Park, off Muir Rd in East Courtenay, for a morning outing.
Winter gear was certainly not needed today as the Hour Ramblers set off on their Monday outing. Spring has definitely arrived!
Thursday was a lovely day to be outdoors birding and the Trent River Estuary proved an excellent venue at this time of year.
The Hour Rambler's Monday walk was along Comox's Brooklyn Creek from Noel Ave to mouth in Mack Laing Park, return.
On a lovely sunny afternoon, the Ramblers headed to Lazo Road's Point Holmes boat ramp parking area for our hour's ramble.
Our latest bird outing took us to Kye Bay Rd where we located birds on and above the offshore water and along the roadside as we walked to the southern end of the road.
We held our regular monthly meeting at the home of Katie & Bill. 10 photographers attended, each submitting 5 pictures for sharing. Our theme for March was "Urban Photography". Next month the theme will be "Signs of Spring".
Contributing Photographers included: Katie Hubberstey, Ian Guthrie, Dianna Colnet, Lorne Meyer, Michael Krugel, Peter Kendall, Bob Ell, Patti Spearman, Robin Harrison, Ian Thompson and Bill Jorgensen
The Wine & Appies get-together in March was hosted by Donna and Frank Young. The theme was "Welcome Spring with Colour!"
Our Photo Group spent the morning in Cumberland doing "Urban Photography". We took pictures of a wide variety of subjects including buildings, people, store interiors, churches and anything else that the photographers found of interest. We enjoyed our lunch afterwards at the Waverley.
Photographers included: Mike Oakley, Michael Krugel, Lorne Meyer, Ian Guthrie, Dianna Colnett, Katie Hubberstey, Bob Ell, Patti Spearman and Bill Jorgensen.
We held our February monthly meeting on the 24th. We had 10 members attend. Our photo sharing was very lively with many excellent photos on display. Our theme this month was H2O. Next month the theme will be "Urban". Photographers attending were; Katie Hubberstey, Mike Oakley, Lorne Meyer, Bob Ell, Bill Jorgensen, Robin Harrison, Dianna Colnett, Ian Guthrie, Michael Krugel, and Patti Spearman.
Our group visited the Royston Trail in the vicinity of the Royston Wrecks. It was a fine day, but it was a bit chilly right close to the Wrecks. We had to look hard to find interesting pictures but the search was rewarded with some excellent photo opportunities.
The Photographers were: Katie Hubberstey, Bob Ell, Patti Spearman, Mike Oakley, Michael Krugel, Lorne Meyer and Bill Jorgensen.
Our Photo Group had the January monthly meeting to share our images and discuss all things about photography. The image sharing saw an excellent variety of pictures showcasing the monthly theme of seasonal as well as pics from our outing to the Airforce Museum. The theme for this month is H2O. Anything with water.
Photo submissions from: Dianna Colnett Katie Hubberstey, Ian Thompson, Michael Krugel, Peter Kendall, Ian Guthrie, Robin Harrison, Bob Ell and Bill Jorgensen
Today's sunny (albeit a bit foggy) weather brought out a bumper crop of walkers.
The forecast for Saturday was a good one and didn’t disappoint! For such a nice day, we scheduled a birding jaunt down to Deep Bay and the Ship’s Point area.
Today's walk was through a section of Wildwood Forest.
On a cold but sunny day, the Hour Ramblers enjoyed a meander through the Filberg and Mack Laing Parks in Comox, followed by a debrief at the Benino Cafe.
The Birding Group celebrated New Years Day with an outing at the Courtenay Airpark.
Today's walk began at Seal Bay Park's Elmo Rd trailhead (where Mitchell Rd curves onto Elmo Rd).
Our Photo Group were able to take advantage of a rare window of lovely evening weather to photograph the Christmas Lights on Candy Cane Lane The street was decorated with a wonderful display of lights and interesting arrangements. The photography was challenging with low light, high contrast, and busy backgrounds. Our photographers had to be innovative to create our images.
Photographers Patti Spearman, Ian Guthrie. Dianna Colnett, Katie Hubberstey, Mike Oakley, Bill Jorgensen, and Peter Kendall.
The Hour Ramblers saw plenty of puddling along the Seal and Coupland trail loops during their Monday walk.
Our bird outing on a dull Thursday morning took in our Little River Ferry loop.
On a drizzly, rather windy Monday afternoon, the Ramblers made a circuit through neighbourhood streets and pathways and through Lerwick Forest.
Monday's walk was a there-and-back one, from Courtenay Airpark southwards to a short distance past Millard Lookout.